Streetcar named desire scene two

• How stanley talks about the house being gone

  "it looks to me like you've been swindled baby, and when you're swindled under the Napoleonic code I'm swindled too. And i don't like being swindled.
• stella urges stanley to...

  "... admire her dress and tell her she's looking wonderful. That's important with Blanche. Her little weakness- Blanche has a need for male validation
• Blanche playing around w stanley


  "she playfully sprays him with it"
• Blanche sowing off how good she looks

  "Hello Stanley, Here I am, all freshly bathed and scented looking lie a new human being" in a red satin robe
• Stanley accepts stellas kiss with...

  "Lordly Composure"- illustrating how hes dominant
• Stanley talking abt the price of blanches clothes

  "Ill have him in here to appraise it. I'm willing to bet you there's thousands of dollars invested in them" to which Stella responds "Don't be an idiot Stanley" - illustrating how Stanley is ignorant
• Blanche describes Stanley as...

  "Simple, Straightforward and honest" and a "little bit on the primitive side"- Stanleys mentality places primitive desires over more complex human emotion
• Blanche explaining the type of people she likes

  "Life's too short for evasions and ambiguities... and i like an artist who paints in strong, bold primary colors. I dont like pinks and creams and i never cared for wishy-washy people"- Dramatic Irony?- her previous husband was very emotional- disassociative avoidance??
• whats in blanches bag

  "Everything i own is in that trunk"- relatively poor despite her rich appearance
• Blanche thinks for a woman to impress Stanley she have to..

  "for a woman to impress you shed have to be willing to.. lay her cards on the table
• As Stanley grabs the love letters, Blanche exclaims

  "the touch of your hands insults them"- maybe a dig on his class? or that her husband was superior to her.
• blanche talking abt flirting w stanley

  "I laughed and called it all a joke , called him a little boy and luaghed and i flirted. Yes i flirted with your husband stella"- all a giame to her; gives her a sense of validation